Bloomington South football storms Castle in 2nd half to make history
But this senior class did it in a big way, winning a fourth straight regional title for the first time ever, using a dominating second half to put away Castle, 38-14 in a Class 5A contest at Huff Memorial Field on Friday, Nov.
Key points
- — Making history is a tough thing to do in a football program as storied as Bloomington South's.
- The senior also led an important scoring drive right before half after Castle went up 14-10 at 4:41, moving the Panthers 70 yards to score with 23 seconds left on his 3 yard keeper.
- You just got to give him a chance." All the same, South never abandoned the run and it paid off with 120 of its 171 ground yards coming in the second half.
We're playing our best football always when it hits November and that's a great thing." It was a great moment for senior receiver Mayson Lewis to take in after his huge night with five catches for 128 yards and two second-half scores.
Additional details
- More: Bloomington South girls basketball win over North completes county sweep "It's awesome," South coach Gabe Johnson said of the streak.
- We've just been doing great and it paid off." It moves the Panthers (10-2) on to a road trip to Arsenal Tech in Indianapolis next week to face off with another storied powerhouse, Cathedral (9-3), which pounded Plainfield 45-14, similarly outscoring the Quakers 28-0 in the second half.
- "It felt a little bit like we were down, so I had to remind them we were up." He went on to go 10-of-11 for 171 yards in the second half, hitting junior tight end Derek Ogden five times for 46 yards.
- Second-half knock-out punch South's defense was the equivalent of the communications snafu that grounded flights all over the country on Friday.
- It was great." Combs on target again Combs made some personal history as well, having started for the last three title winners.
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